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CIA Warned of Attack 6 Years Before 9/11
Associated Press ^ | April 16, 2004 | John Solomon

Posted on 04/17/2004 5:08:58 AM PDT by macsmind76

Six years before the Sept. 11 attacks, the CIA warned in a classified report that Islamic extremists likely would strike on U.S. soil at landmarks in Washington or New York, or through the airline industry, according to intelligence officials......

The report specifically warned that civil aviation, Washington landmarks such as the White House and Capitol and buildings on Wall Street were at the greatest risk of a domestic terror attack by Muslim extremists, the official said.

(Excerpt) Read more at lasvegassun.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 911; 911commission; bush; richardclarke; waronterror
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This story shows the "coverup" of the 9/11 commission of important information reqarding the inaction of the Clinton Administration during the late 90's. This is the "blockbuster"; "smoking gun"; that libs have been looking for and will do anything to not let the public know - until now. More and more the fabrications of Clarke's book are coming to light and his irresponsibility as well.
1 posted on 04/17/2004 5:08:59 AM PDT by macsmind76
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To: macsmind76
I cannot believe a reporter from the Associated Press wrote this. Their liberal partisanship is usually so slanted they make themselves a parody of bias.

I wonder if this means the "begining of the end" for this sick, sad 9-11 commission?

But one senior U.S. intelligence official, who spoke only on condition of anonymity, said the 1997 National Intelligence Estimate "identified bin Laden and his followers and threats they were making and said it might portend attacks inside the United States."

As a Democratic staffer told the Wall Street Journal last week:

"Gorelick is not on the 9-11 panel because of her brilliant legal mind. She is there to go after the Bush administration and to protect the Clintons."

2 posted on 04/17/2004 5:18:40 AM PDT by SkyPilot
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To: macsmind76
Clinton had his hands full with other affairs, remember ?
3 posted on 04/17/2004 5:19:00 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: macsmind76
It seems that more should be made of the declaration of war binLaden made against the US on Aug 23, 1996. Some might consider that to be a pivotal moment.
4 posted on 04/17/2004 5:19:10 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage
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To: macsmind76
If most of the 'classified' documents were open to the public, the citizenry of the US would buttkick every politician out of Washington, DC. Every politician who served during the last 20 years is complicit--both in knowing foreign terrorism posed a significant threat and in covering up many of the acts of foreign terrorism committed against Americans.

Ashcroft 'declassifying' the Gorelick document shows just one example of political mismanagement and potential corruption. One document. Just one ice crystal out of a huge iceberg.
5 posted on 04/17/2004 5:24:01 AM PDT by TomGuy (Clintonites have such good hind-sight because they had their heads up their hind-ends 8 years.)
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To: macsmind76
The CIA most frequently provided these individual and highly detailed analyses to the White House Counterterrorism Security Group charged with formulating anti-terrorism policies and responses, the official said.

The above from the article: The bold under-lined would be Clark

6 posted on 04/17/2004 5:24:47 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army and Proud of It!)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
Clinton had his hands full with other affairs, remember ?

Hey! Terrorism was a high priority during his administration! He rentlessly persued:

O-salami bin Lewinsky
7 posted on 04/17/2004 5:27:55 AM PDT by TomGuy (Clintonites have such good hind-sight because they had their heads up their hind-ends 8 years.)
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To: macsmind76
< LLL Moonbat >

What you fail to realize is that our hero, Bill Clinton, spent his entire presidency gathering all the information he could on Bin Laden so he could turn it over to his successor. He even set Bin Laden up by making our defenses and intelligence so weak that Bin Laden couldn't resist taking a shot at us. Then we could spring the trap (after our hero left office of course) and start rounding up Muslims who might be envolved. Of course we on the left would have had to scream about that to keep the plan hidden.

But Bush dropped the ball and didn't take the actions that the great Bill Clinton had thought about everyone of those 8 years of hard work.

So you see, it's all Bush's fault

< /LLL Moonbat >

8 posted on 04/17/2004 5:32:20 AM PDT by PogySailor (Proud member of the RAM)
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To: macsmind76
Those warnings, and that "chatter" apparrently preceded the Oklahoma City bombing.

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Separately, the General Services Administration received a warning from the FBI and asked hundreds of federal buildings it operates to increase security details, including the Murrah building, officials said.

``We were told there was a fatwa threatening to target federal buildings,'' GSA spokeswoman Viki Reath said this week. ``We increased our patrols to 12-hour shifts.''

More than two dozen current and former intelligence and law enforcement officials interviewed by AP said the period of spring 1995 was a time of heightened ``chatter'' among terrorists seeking to strike the United States.

The warnings became increasingly specific as to the possible location, type of attack and likely dates. ``These strikes are most likely to occur either in the immediate future or in the new Iranian year — starting 21 March 1995,'' the congressional task force predicted.

9 posted on 04/17/2004 5:34:21 AM PDT by Homer1
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To: macsmind76
The writer went out of his way to avoid the name "Clinton."
10 posted on 04/17/2004 5:38:29 AM PDT by Lunatic Fringe (John F-ing Kerry??? NO... F-ING... WAY!!!)
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To: norwaypinesavage
That document really highlighted who and what our enemy was, and is. To this day, a lot of people still don't get it. They don't want to "negotiate." They want to convert us to their perverted brand of religion, or annihilate us. They consider "negotiations" in the same category as weakness and softness, and they spit on our efforts to do so.

I don't know if anyone in the Clinton admin got that. I do know that they made it legally difficult if not impossible to deal with terrorism, and that they sympathized with their cause. I also know (from recent reports) that Marc Rich seems to have been in line to receive Saddam funding, and that Rich was so important to Clinton, that he didn't care about all the criticism he reaped when he pardoned him. Somewhere, I suspect, there's a large sum awaiting the Clintons--some offshore, perhaps Swiss account.

11 posted on 04/17/2004 5:40:12 AM PDT by MizSterious (First, the journalists, THEN the lawyers.)
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To: macsmind76
Six years before 9/11. Mmmm, let's see, that would be about 1995? Who was in the Oval Office then (for those of you who think the "buck should stop" somewhere)? Naw, THAT would just be mean-spirited and small-minded.

The tactic is called "kicking the can down the road". Perfectly logical, if competency is ever a problem. Some people just cannot handle a crisis, not even of their own making. In this situation, especially not of their own making.
12 posted on 04/17/2004 5:44:33 AM PDT by alloysteel
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To: macsmind76
Great information! Thank you for the link!

The very sad fact is that most actual voters won't even hear about this news. It amazes me how few people are informed. They only watch nbc, cbs, and news like that. They think they are really *informed* if they watch CNN or MSNBC.
13 posted on 04/17/2004 5:45:07 AM PDT by GottaLuvAkitas1 (Let's turn Iraqi sand into some useful glass!)
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To: TomGuy
Hey! Terrorism was a high priority during his administration! He rentlessly persued: O-salami bin Lewinsky

I might add that they held lots of meetings, which allowed self-important, arrogant bureaucrats like Clarke assert their authority but result in little action.

14 posted on 04/17/2004 5:47:17 AM PDT by kabar
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To: macsmind76; Sidebar Moderator
Thanks for the post, but, why didn't you post the original headline?

CIA Warned of Attack 6 Years Before 9/11

15 posted on 04/17/2004 5:47:41 AM PDT by raybbr (My 1.4 cents - It used to be 2 cents, but after taxes - you get the idea.)
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To: GottaLuvAkitas1
The very sad fact is that most actual voters won't even hear about this news.

More and more of the people who are motivated enough to vote, are motivated enough to get more of their news from somewhere other than the lamestream media. Why do you think that the president's and Dr. Rice's poll numbers went up after her testimony? It's because an increasing number of consumers are wising up to the con job most of the media tries to put over on them.

16 posted on 04/17/2004 5:50:08 AM PDT by mewzilla
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To: TomGuy
Clinton's support for clandestine operations was confined to hiding the salami whenever it was exposed.
17 posted on 04/17/2004 5:50:08 AM PDT by MainFrame65
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To: Lunatic Fringe
they also specifically avoided mentioning OKLAHOMA CITY which is mentioned in my link posted above.
18 posted on 04/17/2004 5:50:25 AM PDT by Homer1
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To: SkyPilot
The organization and conduct of, and coverup by, this committee is
more than enough insight and evidence into EXACTLY
how we in America became vulnerable to the 911 Atrocities by al Qaeda.
19 posted on 04/17/2004 5:52:38 AM PDT by Diogenesis (If you mess with one of us, you mess with all of us)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
"Clinton had his hands full with other affairs, remember ?"

His?

Hands?

20 posted on 04/17/2004 6:04:07 AM PDT by knarf (A place where anyone can learn anything ... especially that which promotes clear thinking.)
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